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Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said he would resign, regardless of whether his party wins or loses in January’s presidential elections.
“I’ve been in the job for almost six years and that is a long, long time,” Wu told the Wall Street Journal. His current position is “probably the most difficult foreign minister job in the world,” he added.
Wu announced his plans to step down as China bids to influence Taiwan’s upcoming elections with disinformation campaigns and other interference strategies, Voice of America reported this week. Taiwan is a self-governing island which Beijing claims as its own.
Wu has been critical of China’s increasingly aggressive and expansionist policy, warning that the destruction of Taiwanese security also jeopardizes other countries.
“We cannot just rely on our diplomatic allies alone, because the number is quite small,” Wu said in the interview. “We need to cultivate our friendship and partnership with major democracies.”
During Wu’s trip to Europe in June — which lacked official recognition from the EU — he made clear that his mission is to shore up diplomatic support for Taiwan. Wu also demanded EU leaders exert pressure on Beijing.
